Garment-hook.



H. E. FANSHAWE.

GARMENT HOOK.

APPLICATION mm OCT. 16. 1912.

Patented 001;. 26, 1915;

COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH co.,wASHlNOTON. D. c.

HENRY FANSHAWE, .NE W "fiO B/K, Y., .A'SSJEGNOR, BY IVLESNE ASSIGNMENTS,'IO WIRE P5816DUG'JJS CQIMBANY, 'A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

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A plication filefl flcitober 16, 191-2.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY E. FANSHAWE, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, andState of New York, whose :post-o'flice address is Fourth avenue andSeventeenth street, New York city, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gamnent-Hooks, .of winch the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to garment hooks used for securing :togethertheopposite parts of garments and for similar uses, and it has for itsobjectthedevisingfofa hook which the wire forming it as so shaped thatianeye is provided flush with the extreme front edge, and wherein :thebending oflthe wire is such that the eye is rigidly secured to bothmembers forming one side :of the hook, thereby enabling the hook beingsecured to the garment with itscxtrem-e front end secured attheextremeedge of the garment :by means of the eye :thus formed and :the Emannerof securing it rigidly to the members forming one side -of .the hook.

The various other objects of the invention will be more fully set forthin the following description of one form of constructionembodying theinvention whichconsists in the new and novel features hereinafter setforth and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is an embodiment ofthe invention substantially in plan View. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewthrough the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line83 of Fig. 1 with the upper part of the hook removed, and Fig. 4 is 'asectional view similar to Fig. 3 showing a slight modification.

The hook is formed of a single piece of wire by bending it at one end toform a back loop a. intended to be sewed flatwise upon the garment inthe usual manner. The wire is then carried forward to form a bottom sidebar I), and at the extreme front end is bent upward and back for asuitable distance and then given a rounding bend and brought frontwardagain in a plan parallel to the previous bend to form the bill a of thehook. The wire is then bent down ward and back parallel to the bend 7)forming a second side member (Z for the bottom part of the hook. Anotherloop 6 is then formed in line with the loop a for furthersewing the hookflatwise to the garment.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1a, which is also closely Patented Got. 2 8, 1915.

Serial No. 7265043.

The wire is next carried forward between the bars 6 and (Z forming anintermediate bar upon which is formed the usual hump g, the bars 6, fand (Z beingsubstantially in the same plane. The wire is next formed atthe front of the hook into a loop h, which has its front edge flush withthe front of the hook. It is obvious that this loop in may, if desired,be formed to extendeither in front or to the rear of the front of thehook, but where the hook is to be placed to the extreme edge of thegarment and that edge is to be secured :to the hook, it is preferablethat the loop be formed flush with the front of the hook. In formingthis loop the wire is preferably bent so that the end of the loopformation will be beneath the beginning thereof. The wire is thencarried from the loop over and around to the underside of the bar 62forming a claw 2', which is closely turned to snugly embrace the bar.The wire is then carried across to the bottom of the bar I) forming thetie bar '9' and is then wrapped around the bar '2) to form a claw turnedto snugly lit the .bar. The ends of the claw i may be spread sidewiselyas shown in Fig. 2, so that the double thickness of wire forming the barj andthe stretch Z extending from the claw i to the loop it will besubstantially in the same horizontal plane, which will *be the thicknessof the wire below the bars Z) and cl, thereby permitting the front endof the bar 7 to set in the same plane with the bars 6 and d.

The modification shown in Fig. a, how ever, shows the stretch Zas raisedabove the tie bar j, thereby raising the forward end of the bar f awires thickness above the plane of the bars 7' and (Z. This brings theupper side of the forward end of the bar 7 flush with the upper sides ofthe claws i and 70. This latter construction will assist the eye member(not shown in the drawing) in mounting the claws 2' and is, when it isbeing hooked to or disengaged from the hook. In the first constructionthe bar 7 will not assist in hooking or unhooking the members, but theclaws 2' and 70, being above the bars 6, f and cl, will better retainthe eye in its extreme frontward position within the hook. In eithercase it is desirable that the forward end of the bar f be substantiallymidway between the bars 2) and a? as shown in Fig. 1, for in thisposition it will hold the sides Z) and (Z down u 3011 the arment with anequal pressure.

With a hook as thus constructed, it is pos-' sible to secure the extremeforward end of the hook to the very edge of the garment when desired, bysewing the extreme front portion of the loop h to the garment. This loopbeing thus sewed to the garment and being rigidly secured to the frontof the hook by means of the claws i and 7c, afiects a secure holding ofthe hook at its front end to the garment without otherwise sewing itthereto. The loops at and e are, sewed to the garment in the usual way.Although I have shown only one embodiment of my invention, it is obviousthat various changes may be made therein without departing from thespirit-of the invention, provided the means set forth in the followingclaims are employed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A garment fastener formedof one piece of wire and including three spaced apart substantiallyparallel bars, one end of, the middle bar being rounded into one of theoutside bars to form a rear sewing loop, the other end of said middlebar being rounded back upon itself to form a front sewing loop locatedbetween the outside bars and having itsfree end attached to both of theoutside bars to form a transverse tie bar bracing both of the outsidebars.

2. A garment hook fastener comprising a hook having one of its sidesformed of bars, a tie bar wrapped around the said bars of the hook, afront loop disposed between said side bars for sewing thread having oneend integrally formed with one end of the tie Copies of this patent maybe obtained for bar, a loop at the rear end of the fastener for sewingthread, and a bar integrally formed at one of its ends with an end oithe rear loop and integrally formed at its other end with the other endof the front loop.

3. A garment fastener comprising a hook having its lower side formed ofbars terminating in loops at the rear for sewing thread, a bar extendingfrontward from one of the loops intermediate the said bars of the hook,a loop for sewing thread between the bars of the hook one end beingformed integral with the front end of the intermediate bar, and a tiebar having its ends turned over the said bars of the hook and having oneof its ends integrally formed with the lower end of the front loop, saidintermediate bar being raised opposite the tie bar in a plane with theturned over ends thereof to serve as a guide to and from the front ofthe hook.

4. A garment fastener formed of one piece of wire and including threespaced apart substantially parallel bars, one end of the middle barbeing rounded into one of the outside bars to form a rear sewing loop,the other end of said middle bar being rounded back upon itself to forma front sewing loop located between the outside bars and having its freeend looped, first about one of the outside bars and then looped aboutthe other outside bar to form a transverse tic bar bracing both of theoutside bars.

This specification signed and witnessed this 15th day of Oct, A. 1).,1912.

HENRY E. FANSHAWE.

Witnesses M. P. WINNE, D. F. DAMES.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,I). G.

